Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

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Life And Love, Creativity, Impossible Things

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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

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Inspirational, Life, Friendship

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How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

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Freedom, Doe, Know How

Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote: Easyread Large Edition”, p.559, ReadHowYouWant.com

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In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

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Fear, Business, Learning

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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

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Self Esteem, Enemy, Literature

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.407, Wordsworth Editions

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Great people create great acts of kindness.

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Motivational, Kindness, People

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Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

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Inspirational, Life, Hope

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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

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Inspirational, Inspiring, Money

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1851). “The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.61

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A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.

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Vanity, Thee, Preserves

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1867). “Don Quixote”, p.490

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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

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Inspirational, Wisdom, Long

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The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

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Men, Battle, Half

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1998). “Don Quixote”, Random House Digital, Inc.

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Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

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Eye, Tongue, Caution

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Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

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Men, Three, Littles

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Believe there are no limits but the sky.

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Believe, Sky, Limits

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Love not what you are but only what you may become.

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Love, Vision, May

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The wicked are always ungrateful.

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Ungrateful, Wicked, Ingratitude

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.67

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Many littles make a much.

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Littles, Accumulation

Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (1976). “The Portable Cervantes”, p.264, Penguin

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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

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Inspirational, Personal Knowledge, World

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.66

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Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

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Motivational, Victory, Kind

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Where one door shuts another opens.

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Opportunity, Doors, Another Opportunity

Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.334, ReadHowYouWant.com

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Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

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Honey

"Don Quixote". Book by Miguel de Cervantes, II. 43, 1605-1615.

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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.

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Freedom, Men, Hands

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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

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Success, Wise, Wealth

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Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

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Life, Wise, Wisdom

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.544, Wordsworth Editions

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That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star.

Miguel de Cervantes

Inspirational, Courage, Stars

"Fictional character: Miguel de Cervantes". "Man of La Mancha", 1965.

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Born: September 29, 1547
Died: April 22, 1616
Occupation: Novelist
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